2017 House Bill 5055

Ban credit bureaus charging for security freeze

Introduced in the House

Oct. 3, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Pete Lucido (R-36)

To prohibit the big consumer credit rating agencies from charging an individual who requests a security freeze following a security breach in any one of these agency’s databases, such as the Equifax breach that reportedly put 140 million individuals at risk of identity theft.

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services